Dependency is not satisfiable: firefox on debian stretch

[mancausoft]

I can't install the deb file on debian:
Dependency is not satisfiable: firefox

on stretch the package is called firefox-esr

[tobimensch]

I'm using official firefox nightly builds from mozilla on Debian Jessie with great success.

You should try it.

[azzamsa]

Have same issue here. I installed firefox in Debian 9 in /opt/. But it already had symlink in /usr/bin.

apt can't detect installed firefox this way. So installing browse will produce this error

$ dpkg -i browsh_1.2.3_linux_amd64.deb 
sudo dpkg -i browsh_1.2.3_linux_amd64.deb 
Selecting previously unselected package browsh.
(Reading database ... 358199 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack browsh_1.2.3_linux_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking browsh (1.2.3) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of browsh:
 browsh depends on firefox; however:
  Package firefox is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package browsh (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 browsh

@tobimensch how did you install browsh ? how to make apt detect installed firefox ?

Thanks in advance

[tobimensch]

@azzamsa
I just downloaded the static binary:
https://github.com/browsh-org/browsh/releases/download/v1.2.3/browsh_1.2.3_linux_amd64

Make it executable:
chmod +x ./browsh_1.2.3_linux_amd64

Then start browsh with:
./browsh_1.2.3_linux_amd64 -firefox path/to/firefox/nightly/build/binary

[azzamsa]

I think it should be

Make it executable:
chmod +x browsh_1.2.3_linux_amd64

Thanks. works like a charm.

[tobimensch]

Doesn't matter. Either one works.

Happy it works for you!

[tombh]

I've pushed a fix for this. But unfortunately the fact is that firefox-esr is too old to run Browsh, at least Firefox 57 is needed.